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With the President's signature to a bill which has long been before Congress, the daylight-saving plan has at last become a reality. A full hour is added to the days of the summer months which is certain to be a step toward increased war efficiency...
...University attempted in January to adopt this plan with the purpose of conserving fuel. At the time it was rejected as being inexpedient and as of little practical value. Daylight-saving during the winter has met with little favor. The plan now adopted, however, provides for a need which has long been felt in this country. In Europe, moving the clock forward during the summer months has been put to practical effect, and its efficiency has thoroughly been demonstrated...
...writing this communication as one of the members of the Student Council. The Council, you remember, voted unanimously to adopt the daylight-saving plan...
What is the real and vital point in favor of the daylight-saving plan? The greatest argument is in its moral effect, and in its bringing home the war to each student. You read one Senior's communication about "sugarless and coal-less" days. Has the Harvard undergraduate ever economized in sugar or coal...
...President of the United States, through the Fuel Administrator, favors the saving of coal. James J. Storrow, Fuel Administrator of Massachusetts, favors the daylight saying plan at Harvard. President. Lowell favors this plan, as does your Student Council. Let every man who votes today realize that all mature opinion is in favor of the adoption of the daylight-saving plan; let him realize that his vole "yes" is merely an expression of what older men think about the winning of this war, and what be, himself, thinks deep down. RICHARD ROELOFS...